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Experimental Melanoma Immunotherapy Model Using Tumor Vaccination with a Hematopoietic Cytokine
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Treatment of the neck in melanoma
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|September 12, 1998
Abstract:
The treatment of the neck/parotid in melanoma of the head and neck has changed in recent years. With the use of ultrasound, fine-needle aspiration, lymphoscintigraphy, modified/selective dissection, adjuvant radiation therapy, and systemic interferon, patients with suspected metastatic melanoma in the neck have a better opportunity to have early diagnosis, preservation of function, and improved regional control and survival.
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